>>marty: we will be right back. >>marty: occupy oakland protests hikes, demonstrators were mostly peaceful in oakland. here is video taken last night at frank ogawa plaza for. more demonstrations are planned in there tomorrow. protesters are planning to rally at the courthouse just after 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to draw attention to those arrested in last weekend of protests. the groove band plans to move on to frank ogawa plaza for a noon rally. this is some of the videos hosted on youtube last night. a few protesters retaliated against the media, one through bottle of urine at a news van. around 9:00 p.m. protesters marched towards police headquarters burning american flag along the way. police and demonstrators say overall the march was peaceful. last night's demonstrations are far cry from the 400 people arrested a week ago in downtown oakland. here is video from that date. that protest peaked with bottle and rock throwing from protesters and tear-gas from police. protesters tried occupying two buildings and d

>>marty: continuing pain at the pumps.as price increases are becoming the norm with national prices going up for the 18th day in a row. at one station gas is selling for $4.35 a gallon. statewide the average price is $4.27 a gallon. in the bay area, $4.30 a gallon instead francisco. $4.29 just yesterday to. in oakland drivers are paying $4.26 a gallon. viewers have been flooding our newsroom with pictures. for 35 -- $4.35 in san francisco, $4.31 at the station in el camino riel. kron4 is helping you find the cheapest gas prices in your area. a log on to www.kron4.com. we have a special section set up for years. >>ysabel: a san francisco feeding hall has been closed. this weekend before received their last meals at st. anthony's dining halls. they normally provide 3000 meals daily. often the hall has seen it increased the need in this turbulent economy, it is going to be torn down and a new dining room built in that same spot. those in attendance signed the walls as they looked at drawings of the new building. >> this dinin

>>marty: the first susan g. common race for the cure kicks off today, the first after the issue with planned parenthood. the >>ysabel: here is a look at the heavily ski resort. it is not as a bit of a winter this year. >>marty: not many people on the slopes this holiday weekend. half cost some >> a grant recognition that there is a human being. >> the bill does not challenge roe vs. wade republican delegate, bob marshall says acknowledges it is a step in that direction. >> we need to get back to the respect for life that we used to have in this country. >> the bill has not yet passed the state senate. >> opponents say it will severely restrict women's reproductive rights. x hut is of cal sphere of about >> the battle in virginia is not unique. a similar bill was found in oklahoma legislature. shamrock's hikes >> of virginia's governor is said to review the ballot but he has not committed to signing it. could one thing is certain, 39 years after roe vs. wade, the fight over women's reproductive rights is not goin

>>marty: stay with us. >>ysabel: in celebration of valentine's day we will tell you how chocolate satisfies your sweet tooth and may improve your life as well. >>marty: we will be right back. >>marty: it would not be valentine's day without chocolate. >>ysabel: some the people did not know that chocolate could actually improve your overall life. >> we surveyed over 2000 americans and found that people who eat chocolate once a week are more financially successful and are less stressed. >>marty: so to solve the nation's economy problems, we should just see more talk? " if >> is geared belly just launched a brand new-line of chocolate bars. this one has sea salt and toasted almonds theory of this one of coconut flakes. >> it sounds very rich. >>marty: are these out now? >> became on in january of. for >>ysabel: how many millions of dollars in chocolate does your belly sell? >> i do not. >> people seem to prefer milk chocolate over dark chocolate. >> people love their chocolate. it's called bob, >>marty: thank

. >> marty: the susan g. foundation is changing course, now says it will continue to fund planned parenthood. earlier this week they said they were pulling money from the health clinics. the decision sparked a huge backlash from the planned parenthood support it. they accuse the foundation of bowling to political pressure. now, people on both sides of the bay are speaking out. in >> i commend the susan g. coleman foundation for seeing the light on this, but we especially salute the women that spoke out on behalf of women's health. >> killing children in the womb is not health care and it is very disappointed they would continue to do that with a great organization that talks about saving lives and not ending them. >> marty: the money is used for breast cancer screening at planned parenthood. after the word was out that they would be losing funding the clinic was able to raise $3 million this week alone. >> ysabel: today is world kantor they and thousands of people are gathering at the equinox jim and san fran

finally this morning. >> marty: taking the to this video was posted on youtube . >> marty: this is someonelothing, music and tattoos. >> ysabel: translate please. >> marty: they may regret this later. but it has so many views. >> ysabel: these are spanish-speaking people they are hit at any age. now kron we are happy to see you this morning, and please watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. with all the latest. we will see you tomorrow.

have you >>marty: noticed marty also the beit bridge westbound lanes. we will be right back.: pope benedict is adding or cardinals to the vatican church. the 84 year-old pontiff is slowing down. pope benedict decided that over st. peter's basilica of among those are arch bishop, timothy stolen of the new-york. also arch bishop of boston. the vatican has been the center of controversy. >>isabel: drivers could see 15 per cent per gallon increase. it is almost under $4. $3.99, oakland, $3.98. san francisco = $4.40. it is the uncertainty wih the middle east and lin, of the palo alto high school has made history for the point guard of new york knicks. calling it linsanity the harvard grad is no dummy. he is already getting a trademark with the phrase " linsanity'. fallo {laughter} stl ahead, the bay bridge details. live look at the upper deck. just a look at the workers. what you need to know to get a round. when we come back toward sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes?

>>marty: ? >> thank you. >> still to come.rnight shooting in oakland. >> a live look one-man is in the hospital with a series of gun violence. >> these fuel prices have been a hot topic for the campaign trail. >> in the east bay, more shooting at the oakland hills community. >>jan: the world of show business! i will be at silo's that the napa valley inn we're talking about the business and show business. and pat patuchi is here and the oscars. >>isabel: let us check-in with cadbury he is at the orchid henry-. >> some of the most gorgeous creatures. i recommend that you bring your camera we will bring you more information on how you can have success. and kevin gregory. >> let us take a look at the bay bridge outside. breezy. >> let us check in with janu. >>janu: you are correct, we have changes in our forecast. although we do have some sunshine it is windy. and temperatures are 5, 15 degrees cooler. oakland is 48 degrees. the afternoon high will be 65 but 48 again at 8:00 p.m. temperatures outside are starting to warm up, slowl

marty is taking us through that right now. >> let's take a look at the graphic.hat you have to understand is by the end of this 5 day it is the 18th day of february, a 28 day month and we can peel another week of winter off february. 40 degrees almost 50 valentine's day, 53 thursday, thursday that 53 is even with shower activity. a cool front moves or way. notice i didn't say cold front. still almost 50 friday. breezy though. saturday partly sunny. 46 degrees. that ain't bad. send it back inside. >> all right. >> marty is willing it away. >> god bless him for it. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime line up. at 10:00 surf is up for hawaii 5-0. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> finally this noon people in one wisconsin town got one heck of a shock when they wondered by a nearby drainage pipe. turns out that pipe is the winter home of a local black bear. although the neighbors say it was quite a shock animal control says it is not too unusual for bears to hike beer nate in man made objects instead of a cave. >> thatting that is a big bear in a very small pi

for more we send it out to marty bass. >> jim, thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody, let's go right to radar and show you this developing area of low pressure. going to look right between dallas and essentially texarkana, that low is going to track itself toward georgia and through the carolinas. got a nice graphic showing the suggested exit off of the east coast. as it passes to our south it is going to start flinging moisture our way but it should not grab really cold air until it is off the coast and that moisture flows somewhat abates. a bang-bang timing type of issue. overnight saturday might not going below freezing, day side on sunday not anywhere near freezing. about 40 degrees, so what are we left with? a winter storm with no umphf but a lot of mess most likely snow hitting and sticking on non-paved surfaces. but there is another twist to the story and it comes monday morning. meteorologist tim williams will talk about slippery details shortly. now we will throw it back inside. >> marty, thank you. >>> whitney houston's family is ga

day, marty, take it away -- >> -- doesn't it? and listen to us folks. we are not saying anything big winter wise is doing to happen here on sunday. i am already starting to get facebook messages. i am going to tell you right now anybody with any credibility is giving snow fall totals. you take it what it is. right now there is no way, no how we could tell you that, plus or minus. there is an area of clouds over california that is going to follow the jet stream to the coast. there is going to be moisture starting to run up the eastern seaboard on sunday. sunday may be a very you know problematic day. we are call fink ing for a high of 40. problem is sunday night is the low and it will become one gets offshore it is going to yank this cold air so we are going to get a couple of hours of snow. meteorologist tim williams will discuss the weekend in our first warning weather segment. now back over to you. >> the debate over the same sex marriage bill is heading to the floor in annapolis. ron matz has more on it. >> reporter: hi, don,

first off you see marty is in his jacket. we always say the first indication of weather is how the weatherman is dressed, marty is in his suit jacket and the weather is not too bad. yesterday we got to 70. despite rain moving through we have cloudy skies, so it is not quite as warm but still dealing with a day that is unseasonably mild. take a look at the temperatures. we are at 49 right now, 41 oakland, 45 on the shore and 46 in elkton, so how does this play into the rest of the week? for more on that we send it to martin bass. >> good afternoon, everybody. i want to look at national temperatures and still want you to note that cold air is trapped well up to the north and west, no longer way up to the north and west, i mean it is now 30 bismarck, 33 in minneapolis but you still have a 55 in kc, mo, and a flow from milder regions coming into the mid-atlantic but colder air is trying to make it into the lower 48 if you will. our next graphic shows though by tomorrow, yeah, that jet stream is starting to drop down the east coas

marty cooper was born in chicago on the eve of the great depression.s 81, an age for many when the most strenuous exercise of the day is getting in and out of bed. >> his tennis and his skiing are better than they've ever been. >> i have a hard time keeping up with him, and i'm almost 20 years younger. >> [grunts] >> with his wife, arlene, another veteran of the mobile phone business, marty cooper is still in the game, awaiting the next big thing in wireless communication. he's convinced that the cell phone is still in its infancy. >> technology has to be invisible, transparent, just simple. a modern cell phone, in general, has a instruction book that's bigger and heavier than the cell phone. that's not right. >> call it the complexity or confusion factor. >> you can use this device to connect up to five different computers or wi-fi-capable devices at one time. really cool. it's the future. welcome to the 21st century. >> cooper argues that cell phones designed to do everything--take pictures, play music and videos, surf the web-- don't do any of them

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team.our first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is the top of the hour. and ground hog's day, 2012. we are still waiting for phil to come out of his burrow and see or not see his shadow, that is a live shot from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, by the way. >> we have got phil. here you go. >> how about that? we need sharon she is at wjz traffic control and, of course marty over at first warning weather. >> that is just great, here is first warning doppler weather radar. we have got -- we don't need this, turn it off. we have got phil. right? it is raining around the annapolis deal area. let's take a look at numbers, very pleasant morning, 47 degrees right now on tv hill, five degrees warmer than your normal daytime high. 5 degrees cooler though right now than at this time yesterday. by lunch clearing skies, 53. on its way to a high of 55 degrees. another pleasant afternoon. don, take it away. >> thank you. and here is sharon at

don and marty remember when i started at channel 13 i worked out of van 35. it is. >> if that van could talk. >> yes, if it could. >> all right. >> my, my, my. >> you are not going to be able to hear me so i am going to get out. we are going to send it back to you in a minute. randy brown, the gravedigger, see you monday in fell's point. take it away [ engines roaring ] >> -- when you-when you cover up the first 15 rows because of flying dirt and debris. >> yeah. >> that is kind of cool man. >> it is kind of cool. >> because you know you got four wheels. think about it. he is actually moving four wheels. not just with the drive train but i mean they will actually steer. it is pretty cool. for 30 years monster trucks have been a part of our lives, imagine how many toys that thing has sold. >> yeah. >> all right, guys, see you. >> that is kind of like a truck version of that. >> he has come to rest. >> very cool. >> busy tonight. all right. taking a break and coming right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 6:23 and a half, a man loses his life in a explosion and po

back inside. >>> take the rose and give it to your beautiful wife, marty. thank you. if you are still looking for someone to call your valentine, good news, you are in the right place. baltimore was named one of the top cities for singles according to kiplingers magazine. date progress spects are great in charm city, more than half of population is single. the cost of a nice date isn't too high. the average date nite in baltimore costs about $28.75. >>> we can split or you can order anything you want on the left hand side of the menu. >> or make it per person and it will be 46, $56 total. >> it's not about how much you spend, it's the company. right? >> yeah. i will go for that. still to come on eye witness news at noon, more bloodshed by the u.n. says time is running out to prevent an all out civil war. >>> supreme court justice comes face to face with an intruder armed with a machete. the details are coming up. >>> improving day, stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> united nations discussing ways to

hello to marty and mark viviano. >> all right, a good friend of all ours here. great seeing you again, the dense fog advisory in effect through 8:00. >>> 37 is the temperature and dew point, that is 100% humidity, that is fog. not even enough of a breeze to move it around, the barometer at 30.to .05. those are the current temperatures in those areas. >>> today's weather is very simple. the sun is going to come out. it is going to be gorgeous, temperatures today and tomorrow, will play into a discussion we are getting ready to have on this area of low pressure, which is going to bring a wintry mix into the mid- atlantic. forget the saturday night part, on sunday. let's go ahead and take a look at the computer model then we will look at the forecast and really talk about this. a low is going to get itself offshore well south of the region, we will barely be in the periphery of problems to be quite honest. if you don't notice it has been mild this winter. 54 with sunshine baiting down own paved surfaces, yeah, two below tonight but not like it is 5 below zero, tomo

marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team. your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:30 and a slightly damp start to this thursday morning. we do have christie in for sharon and marty over at first warning weather. >> let's take a look at radar, what i want you toe notice how much moisture there really is around the east esh half of the united states. we have had overnight shower activity. a break right now, more rain coming our way through the day. 40 degrees on tv hill right now. we will go for a high temperature this afternoon after a lunchtime 46 of near 50. rain still in the area, don, take it away. >> thank youful will you be getting a break when it comes to the commute? here is christie christie bresland at wjz traffic control. >> absolutely not. delays there and also on the north side it slows down there. in baltimore city still watching that fire activity that has west baltimore street at south pulaski street closed. that accident 95 southboun

[raucous orchestral music] >> what hath marty cooper wrought?or a moment back to the future. >> new york, calling all cars for a preview of tomorrow. >> the cell's precursor, the car telephone, came in right after world war ii. >> a tiny radio transmitter sends your voice out over the airwaves to the nearest central station, where regular telephone operators can connect you with any telephone on land or sea. >> world of wonders. if someone was sick, you could track down the doctor on the road. >> well, just keep him in bed, and i'll be there in ten minutes. >> remember, these were the quaint old days when doctors, at least in newsreels, made house calls. >> hen-pecked elmer is shopping for the wife at home. >> even then, it was clear that being connected would put everyone on a very short leash. >> george, i forgot to tell you: now, get me two dozen oranges, two loaves of bread, 20 pounds of potatoes, five pounds of sugar... >> and when in the '60s at&t developed more sophisticated cellular antennas, the phone giant still considered car phones t

for more on that we send it out to marty. >> good afternoon, everybody. the rest of the weekend are the key words, just think back two days ago to the same scenario. this is primarily on grassy surfaces, street sidewalks may be messy and slushy, not an issue south and east. let's go to our graphic and note there are none. once you get out to the eastern spine of the mountains there is a winter storm watch. it is not like we are looking at it. the problem is the rest of the weekend. come on back here a second. going down to 18 degrees tomorrow night. moisture will be out of here once that big blast of cold air hits but there is a lot of wet ground. we could see icing overnight saturday into sunday morning. meteorologist tim williams will discuss that possibility here coming up shortly. now let's throw it back inside. >> thank you very much, marty. >>> it has been another report setting year for the port of baltimore. officials say their terminals handled more compared to 2010. the report says port workers processed more than 600,000 vehicles both in and ou

marty and don, back over to you gu. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, this morningy coffee with is with michael oher, a proud graduate of ole miss. the satellite interview furnished by penguin books. >> ladies and gentlemen, hodyed toy, gosh almighty, who the hell are we, we are don scott, marty bass and the from the university of mississippi, michael oher, how are you bud? >> great, hody toddy. >> that is an ole miss things. you guys looking to get out of state, a great school. am i right? >> you won't make the wrong decision if you picked ole miss. >> hody, toddy is a great thing. hey michael great to have you've, you. let's get serious. everybody here knows the story, but now you have put it in a book, i beat the odds. let's talk about it for a second. >> i beat the odds you know, 10 or 15 years agi was in a lot of these peoples, kids situations and i wanted to inspire people and be a roll model for them just to let them know you don't have to be taken in by a rich family to succeed and get where you want in love. you can do any

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team, marty bass in the outback and tim williams in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. you have set the stage for this. the bottom line is we have mild temperatures today and tomorrow. right now at 52 degrees, with temperatures in the 53s across the area except for far western maryland at thre. at 37. we will be in 50s across most of the state. that places us milder than yesterday, 7 degrees or so warmer today than yesterday. high pressure in the forecast, right now just dominating the area, dry air dryic us out from yesterday and that does does warm us up. for more we send it out to marty bass. >> jim, thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody, let's go right to radar and show you this developing area of low pressure. going to look right between dallas and essentially texarkana, that low is going to

we got our crew here, tony, the coach. >> good morning, how are you ron and don. >> marty. >> marty.> and jay and everybody. >> everybody. >> everybody. >> i love your hat. >> luther i wore this in your honor. give it to me. >> maestro if you please. >> he is in fine form this morning. manic monday at fell's point with the national association of social workers and the green terror. [ singing ] >> solid perform answer. >> give yourselves a big hand. what year are you in. >> freshman. >> freshman. >> and you. >> forever. >> he has been there forever, like me when i went to the university of maryland, i was on the six year program. thank you all very much for coming down. we appreciate it. appreciate your social workers absolutely. the big month coming up. all right, don and marty, i am waiting for the dictator to roll by and spill some stuff on me. i hope it doesn't happen. i saw that on the red carpet last night. man oh man. >> you know ryan seacrest kept it together pretty good. >> i got to give the guy credit. i would have leveled the dictator right then and there. >> right then an

for more on that we send it out to marty. >> good afternoon, everybody. bottom line is we are talking about rain but i want to take a look at radar. there is a very zesty storm system now hitting a lot of states with either rain or a mix of rain and sleet or just snow, from the gulf well up into the plains states. as a matter of fact, denver, we were looking at pictures all morning long, denver, colorado, really got slapped this morning with big time snow. a graphic shows a low powering this moisture is indeed going to move to the east coast but location is everything when it comes to weather. it is going to pass over our head meaning we are in the calm side of the storm. just talking about rain, how much rain, when and where, meteorologist tim williams will have those details shortly. now back inside. >> whether you like rock or rap you are sure to be entertained at the preakness infield festival. this morning the maryland jockey club announced who will perform there. infield tickets will be discounted to 40 bucks through 7:30 next monday morning then re

marty bass is taking it all in. bernadette woods is inside updating conditions. >> another gorgeous one. marty is going to tell you about that since he is out there in a moment. temperatures this is what we have at this hour, we are warming up, we are up to 52 in baltimore. 52 ocean city. in the mountains it's 46 degrees. we will take you in closer, hanging on to 40s, north and west of the city, closer to the water, 51 kent island. 51 annapolis. marty will talk about what is moving our way. >>> thank you very much, good afternoon everybody. it is another absolutely gorgeous february afternoon. we have weather coming our way tomorrow. you heard snow, i gasped. here is the deal, think back to last saturday, pretty much the same scenario, a weak and moisture starved storm is going to passover us. we are going to see shower activity along the northern tier county, southern pa, snow showers could migrate as far south as the topside of the beltway. are we looking for enormous winter event? absolutely not. not looking at a

how you doing, don and marty. >> great -- >> -- great -- >> -- in baltimore. >> i hope so. why wouldn't we have them in baltimore, super bowl, big event, marquis quarterback, great afternoon and evening to get together with your friends have a nice atman's deli party and have a good time. >> you have a lot of orders for events for parties this sunday. >> of course our busiest day of the year, we are still taking orders though. we never say no here. >> let's talk about the real deal here, had the ravens been in the super bowl this would have been unbelievable, right, not only for you but dozens and dozens of businesses in baltimore? >> there is no question about it. we have records going back from 1915 but we go back 10 years ago and the numbers were astronomical but we did that whole -- the whole build up the two weeks before it was like a two week party in baltimore then. >> yeah, that was 2000 of course when we won it all -- >> yeah -- >> -- remember the name but what -- what do we have on this fabulous platter? >> well, this is our -- we only make this once a year, i am

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:00. and a pretty good day start following yesterday's bad weather, although we do have several school advisories for you now and running those at the bottom of the screen, sharp is watching over your driver and marty is over at first warning weather. >> let's take a look at temperatures overnight. skies cleared got a breeze which is giving us evaporation. you know it is now 30 here on tv hill. let's look at some temperatures closer in to the metro grid, 27 westminster, 30 bellaire and columbia, above freezing rock hall, annapolis, kent island mid-30s. fact of the matter is for the first time since we all came to work we are below freezing but we don't have any reports of black ice, looks like everything evaporated overnight. 44 at lunch going to a high temperature upper 40s this day. it is sharon's traffic report though they am curious in. don take it away. >> thank you school delays, do they tr

marty is over at first warning weather. >> it is seasonal. let's take a look at numbers temperatures upper 20s, the exact same temperature at 6:30 as this time yesterday. now tomorrow we are going to see high pressure over the dakotas sphwhring cold air at us. we will have rain or snow showers around. this day calm though, 45 at lunch on its way to a high of 48. the impact of rain or snow shower on you. we will have those answers shortly. >> here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> we have picked up a few new accidents. still have one in towson on lock raven past east joppa, a new one in glen burnie on 648. another wreck in hempsted, and that fire activity in the city blocking south payson street at ramsey. headed on the beltway the west side is slowing down, down to 50 miles per hour as your avereage with a 13 minute drive time on the outer loop between 795 and 95. there is a live look at the beltway at maryland 41. there is a look at 95 at 395. no issues there. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you.

check this out, don and marty ever seen one of these? >> yeah, every time i go in there. >> it is a meat shaver and mike you got to tell the story how you made that thing? >> the chord kept coming lose, so we had to take a softball bat and cut it off here and now we have a cork on the bottom so the chord doesn't wiggle around too much. >> better living through chemistry, i tell you. yes? >> that restaurant has been around for a while, rely one of the stalwarts, but ask them how important it was when they hit the gap? because a couple of years ago they hit the gap like a bomb man. >> we talked to him about that, how important was it when you hit that -- >> very important, very important, it has 10 or 15 years now we had a good run with them and i can tell business just jumped exponentially and it helps them come in the first time and usually they become repeat customers after that. >> what are you making this morning? check this out. >> a euro here. >> a euro coming back. >> that is that. >> got one for you. >> i am savoring that. >> give

tavis: how am i supposed to read this animal magnetism that marty has? is it marty or don cheadle? everyone wants to sleep with you. every race and color. someone is trying to get you in bed. you are doing our best to oblige them. -- your best to oblige them. >> i am a people person. tavis: hi, i suppose to read that part of the character? -- how am i supposed to read that part of the character? >> it gives a lot of complications. as we see the shows, the latter episodes, that will get him into some problems. but i think it is intoxicating when someone is so unapologetically who they are. it is not someone you will put down stakes with. i will see what is up with you. you talk a good game. i think that is what is. it lends itself to places the stories are going to go. his sexual appetite, his appetite for the job, his desire to win at all costs. it all fits in with his, i get it. that is what i do. tavis: i thought about this watching a few episodes. does marty to you, does he say anything to you about our culture, about the decay of our civilization, the de-evolution of our cultur

check this out don and marty. thank you all for coming down. we appreciate it. it is our own manic monday red carpet this morning. thank you guys for coming out. we appreciate it so much. our crew is here. tony good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you, luther how you doing? >> top of the morning. >> how you doing? >> i am doing great. i now got moves just like jagr. >> i guess he does. >> all right. yes, you do. good to see you. >> yes. thank you. >> all right, luther, let me hear those magic words. >> maestro, the music if you please. >> all right, we got the music. i got to get the twanger and we will be ready to rock and roll. man, i am telling you, i guess he is going to go to pimlico to see maroon 5 when they get here. all right, jacobsville elementary. check this out. ♪ [ music ] [ cheers ] [ singing ] [ cheers ] >> man that was great. >> yeah. >> that was -- and ron, let the record show these kids are out there it is 21 degrees. >> you got it. we are flagging the tape. >> absolutely. >> give yourselves a big hand. great job. >> that was great. >>

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marty is out there. we keep saying this, what a great season he has had to be out enjoying the sunshine. what can we expect the next couple of days? >> i haven't worn the heavy ski coat and the ski gloves i wear when we are doing snow coverage. >> i love winter hats and haven't worn that many. >> sell them all. >> this is not normal. >> let's look at the five day forecast. starting off thursday, march 1st, look at, that after rain tomorrow, 66 on thursday. almost 65 even with showers and cold front saturday , the mid- 50s, 52 clearing out on sunday. that's called living large. back inside. >>> don't miss the cbs prime time line up on wjz. at 10:00, unforgettable. stay tuned for eye witness news at 11:00. real life cowboys have hands full in texas after two cows make a break for freedom. it happened in houston at app livestock show. -- at a livestock show in houston. it took a little effort but the animal was roped and taken back in to its pen. have a great day, everybody. see you here at 4:00, 5 and 6:00

right now over to marty. >> a great coffee with coming up at 6:45. t-sizzle five joins us from the grid iron to the silver screen. you know terrell suggs just finished his 5th screenplay. and the coalition, one of them is coming out soon. he joins us on coffee with to talk put the hollywood side of a baltimore raven. you stay tuned the morning edition continues right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> good morning, maryland. now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:30 on this leap day, 2012. visibility has been reduced since we have been on the air here and there is some stuff on the radar coming from the west. sharon has got something on the west side of the beltway as well. she will report right after marty's first warning weather. >> a gentle flow from the east- southeast, again a little bit of fog, the bigger issue is first warning weather dopp

for that we send it out to marty bass. hello. >> hello, good afternoon, everybody. we don't have any bad weather moving our way but after today and tomorrow, heck, tomorrow we are right at 50, maybe a couple of clicks higher than that. we will see a downturn of temperatures over the weekend. a big dome of high pressure will open up over canada and it will be 12 to 18, there will be a few flurries, insignificant, no concern at all but the temperatures will get your attention. the air is coming from north. yeah, saturday and sunday going to feel like winter. when does the meld february return? in time for valentine's day? we will answer that question with meteorologist tim williams coming up shortly. now we throw it back inside. >> updating that breaking news, a baltimore school has been evacuated for smoke in the halls. sky chopper 13 is on the scene, captain mike terry has the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. we are at cold stream park elementary school where fire officials were called here a short time ago for smoke in the hallways. now the school has been evac

. >> good morning, maryland, now don scott, marty bass and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> and our bottom line here at the top of the hours, another nice day start to be followed by another nice day. sharon is watching the roadways for you, marty is over at first warning weather. >> you can see the sun peaking up therer over the eastern horizon, take a look at the 38 degrees, 36 dropped two in a minute. don, take it away. >> thank you. where are this morning's mishaps? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> the biggest issue right now is an accident we are following in southern maryland. northbound lanes of route 4 closed there. meantime those are the speeds on the beltway. no delays out there. everything running smoothly on all your major roadways. there is a live look outside at the top side of the beltway. there is 70 at 29. remember wjz 13 is always on so for traffic information log on. back over to you. >> thank you. here is what people are still talking ab

we have coverage with marty bass and bernadette woods in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, don and everybody out there. we will start out with first warning weather doppler radar and show you clouds moving through because there are showers to our west. as we progress through the afternoon we are going to get some rounds of clouds but also sunshine. by tonight maybe showers out of what you see to the west. what this storm is doing is pumping up these temperatures. take a look, right know already 59 in baltimore, heading up into the 60s, 60 there, for more on the next couple of days we send it out to marty. >> hello, bern, thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody. let's get right to it. a couple of graphics for you, number 1 unseasonably warm air moving our way. i don't think we will see the 70s tomorrow but the 60s like this afternoon and if we get some early sunshine even milder than this day certainly not impossible. the air is coming from where they are starting to think about exhibition baseball. almost 60 in memphis, 60 in atlant

we throw it back inside. >> thanks, marty. don't miss tonight's time prime line up. tonight a new episode of hawaii 5-0 followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. >> hollywood gathered for the academy awards with one film taking home three top honors. >> and the oscar goes to the artist. [ cheers ] >> the artist won for best picture and best director, also jean dujardin became the first frenchman to win an acting oscar. for the first time since 1982 meryl streep also won for best actress for the iron lady. supporting actor to christopher plummer and supportingage trees octavia spencer in the help. also making waves at the oscars sacha baron cohen showed up dressed as the dictator and brought an urn featuring the image of former north korean dictator kim jong il on it and then spilled the fake ashes all over host ryan seacrest and a large portion of the red carpet. >> and good for the way ryan seacrest handled the whole thing, very smooth. he was not happy. >> he wasn't at first but he sort of smoothed it out. >> g,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

don and marty have you had one of these? i will bring you back one of these, what is on it and how did it gets its name? >> a lady that worked for us for over 20 years had a customer request it and she named it. >> i will bring you back one guys. >> hold the egg on mine. >> is that scrapel. >> yes, but you get your choice of meat. >> bring it back, i will have the sirloin steak. >> marty will have the sirloin steak. all right and we -- this of course your famous creamed chip beef. >> cream chipped beef. i home make it every day. make it fresh. >> you have special -- by the way if my cardiologist is watching, steve, apologies. you have specials every day right? >> right, today roast beef and corned beef and cabbage and home made soup. >> all right, stay right there, kyle, turn around, this is the mayor. he. >> he. >> hold are you? >> 10. >> what grade are you in? >> third. >> you know everything that is happening, what is happening. >> soccer game. >> where. >> the cirque. >> all right is this an elected position? >> yes. >>

good afternoon, marty. >> hello, everybody. this morning was chilly, but then it seasonally chilly, temperatures where they should be. the normal, by the way, is 47. that is our current temperature. that is 4 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. i am on the loft to scan. this doesn't mean the returns you look at our hitting the ground, but there is some weather to the west that's trying to meander in an easterly direction. frankly, what we are looking at is a lot more than shower activities. take a look at this graphic. you will notice it is present this afternoon. that disturbance passes to the west on up to the north. we are in for a high of 53 today. the mixture of clouds and sun and is just the beginning of the story. we are going to let the good times roll in the first warning weather segment. wait until you see the forecast for tomorrow and thursday. off the charts. >> thank you very much. the party is on in new orleans. this is fat tuesday. tens of thousands celebrate in the streets where parades will roll all day

out to marty in the outback. >> reporter: good afternoon, everybody. yeahs i guess we survived the storm i'm calling the mouse that roared. it's well off the coast. it took clouds with it. look at the national temperature map. along the path of the low, temperatures under clear sky, warmed up nicely what is significant is the only old temperatures, purples and blues are where they should be over the rocky mountain states. take a look at the next graphic. we are not expecting any weather difficulties until the very end of the week, when some rain comes our way. in between now and then, there is going to be a spectacular warm up. details with meteorologist bernadette woods. >>> many maryland catholics are in rome today, and will meet with the just elevated cardinal o'brian. current leader of the archdiocese of baltimore was there to celebrate the mass at the vatican yesterday. more than 100 pisher ins from our area made the trip and expected to join the cardinal for a papal audience this afternoon. >>> some brightest students are smiles after participati

storms moving our way over the next few days, for the first one we are going to send it out to marty in the outback. >> than you very much, bern. a most pleasant afternoon and take a look at the graphic i will show you why. we are in between weather systems, kind of a time out if you will. let's show you on radar indeed an arof low pressure gathering moisture and got a little bit of umphf to it. because of that low there is a multi state snow event. once again we are on the outside looking in. here it is just gray skies and rain tomorrow but take a look at how many people are going to be dealing with a bit of winter weather as we move into late february. but not us and that is a good thing. meteorologist bernadette woods talk about not only tomorrow's weather but maybe a little more weather trend getting here this weekend and those details shortly. now we throw it back inside. >> local watermen should be feeling good today. a fall survey says oysters have hit a 92% survival rate. the highest number since 1997. the department says lower salt levels have helped rid the bay of the disea

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news, from wjz's news team. your first warning weather, and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:00. this is one of those days when there is a lot of change from the day start to the day's end. a lot could happen in between. sharon is watching the roads of course around marty over at first warning weather. >> let's take a look at the current temperature. important to note it is 35 degrees which is three degrees above freezing because doppler shows us an area of zesty low pressure, not a big storm but one with a little bit of sens to it if you will approaching the area. also add to that description howard county and montgomery county are under advisories, cecil county may be colored in, everybody else is looking at rain showers today. now look we are not talking about a lot of snow. what we are talking about is between 10:00 to 6:00, one to two inches on grassy surfaces but not exclusively and a slushy mess for the afternoon commute. 41 going for a high of 42. we

for a more details version we send it out to marty. >> thank you. good afternoon. let's go right to our watch, warning and advisory graphic. we are under an advisory for the northern tier counties with the exception of cecil -- i know cecil is considered northern tier, so you are not involved being a northern tier county but we have to extend southwest of the metro grid into howard and montgomery county, that is your winter weather advisory. let's show you a graphic that tells the story of why certain counties are lit up and others are not. 1 to three inches northwest of the metro grid primarily on grassy surfaces, some slushy and slick spots on untreated roads, coating to an inch primarily on grassy surfaces. south and east a rain mix with slight bit of snow. it certainly is not snow snow snowmageddon but certainly to watch. back inside. >> live coverage continues with weijia jiang and how road crews are preparing. >> reporter: good afternoon to everybody. transportation planners across the state are bracing for winter to finally reveal its true colors and say thi

marty is over in first warning weather. >> did you see that?aking rain through the day, every once in a while it may come down steadier than gently put the point is made, a good beneficial rain we need moving towards of spring, 50 degrees the high, 41 now, 45 showers break up early, stays mild overnight. tomorrow look at that, march the 1st, partly sunny, 66 the high, don take it away. >> a northwest baltimore man is behind bars accused of murdering his 5-year-old daughter. monique griego stays on the story. >> reporter: good morning, police aren't saying much about the case but what is here we know so far, it all happened monday. investigators say a 5-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. she later died. it was first ruled suspicious but according to court document her father was taken into custody on tuesday and is now charged with murder. he is still held without bail in jail. don. >> thank you. a popular gambling website is seized by the federal government after indictments are unveiled in the courthouse here in to